Karunya University, run by "Jesus Calls International", has come forward to set up its campus in Amaravati. Dr. Paul Dhinakaran, the president of Jesus Calls International, who also serves as the Chancellor of Karunya University has met Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu at Vijayawada and discussed about this.

Further detailed plan will be submitted very shortly and government would allot land for the university in education city at Amaravati.

Karunya University is a nationally ranked, fully residential, private Christian university in India